Next Goal Wins
Published March 1, 2024
Film info
- Title Next Goal Wins
- Director Taika Waititi
- Year 2023
- Run time 1hr 44m
- Genres Comedy, Drama
- Tagline Be happy.
With the 2014 World Cup qualifiers approaching, down-on-his-luck coach Thomas Rongen tries to turn the American Samoa soccer team into winners.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:46 | 31-0 is astonishing! |
| 5:01 | That would be my kind of telling off… very weak. |
| 6:16 | “Count the boobs.” |
| 15:50 | “And now, the piece de residence.” |
| 26:15 | Lessons in recycling on an American Samoan beach. |
| 28:01 | Dolly Parton football montage mashup. |
| 32:12 | I love it when people have so many jobs they appear everywhere, like the Christmas films. |
| 40:22 | “It’s like to them it’s some sort of game.” |
| 47:46 | Wax-on wax-off is surely not relevant to football. |
| 54:57 | You travel for 30 minutes and go back in time a day? I would never recover from that. |
| 1:07:36 | Messing with hormones is no joke. |
| 1:10:44 | The two Miyagis! |
| 1:17:11 | “I think you could be happy here, now. But you actually have to be here, now.” |
| 1:23:58 | GOAL! |
Thoughts
Loved this! It was so different to what I was expecting - I thought it would be a mildly amusing comedy about a sporting underdog overcoming the odds, and there was that but it was also so much more. It was completely oddball from start to finish but also absolutely adorable and a great way to learn a bit more about American Samoa. A sporting story I had no idea about and definitely want to know more about Jaiyah and her journey. Plus you can’t help but love ‘Who’s on the Plane?’, I think we could have a film length version of that next.
Rating: 5 / 5
